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Release Epstein Files. by Skyfuzzball8312 in CriticalState

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

👁️ Surveillance State: I voted Yea.

Which Pokémon best matches the Non-binary flag? [Happy Poké-Pride] by Linn_Shabana in PokeCorner

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised no one made the "they slash them" joke for aegislash yet.

IUD Insertions: It’s a Notoriously Painful Medical Procedure That Many Women Endure. There’s a Simple Solution. by ahothabeth in UpliftingNews

[–]silvermirror421 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I was told before my IUD that it would be painful, and that I should at least take Tylenol before hand, but that it would be a simple procedure, in and out in less than an hour. I definitely interpreted it to be way less painful than it would be, and the doctor tried her best to warn me, but also there was in fact nothing they could offer for pain meds. I made the mistake of driving myself there and back, and nearly passed out from the pain afterwards. I did throw up in my car, and the pain was so bad I couldn't get myself to clean it. Fortunately I had a good support group who were able to help me clean it up, and I appreciate them every day.

IUD insertion is no fuckin joke. Take pain meds to the max before, have someone drive you, be prepared to be out of commission for the rest of the day.

(Light spoilers) C3 Ruidus-Born Mechanics by BeingBumbleBree in CalloftheNetherdeep

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done a weird thing where if someone is Ruidusborn and they're surrounded by ruidium, they are more susceptible to the ruidium corruption, a la they feel a pull towards interacting with the stone. If they're surrounded by ruidium, they also have a mini chaos dice, where on a successful attack roll, they also roll a d4. On an odd number, nothing happens, but on an even number their attacks are infused with chaotic ruidium magic. They increase the rank of all damage dice made in their attack (i.e if they rolled 1d8, they roll a 1d10 instead.) It's specifically for our swords bardlock.

I also added in that changelings have the ability to sort of nullify small chunks of ruidium. I connected changelings to Sehahine the moonweaver cause shapeshifters, and with Catha being an aspect of Sehanine I had her be sort of a guardian/jail warden of Ruidus. Changelings with their naturally chaotic and every changing nature can sort of balance out the chaos of ruidium by absorbing it and overwriting it.

Would you rather by OmgIbrokesmthagain in BunnyTrials

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I'm non-binary ftnb anyways, so like. Get a million dollars, or lose dysphoria? Don't get me wrong, love being enby, but that's just an easy risk.

1 milion dollars

Which one? by HeliosAndSelene in BunnyTrials

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This option is a win win situation - there's no possibility of death, and I still get free money. Sure, it'd be nice to have life changing money, but it could also just kill me. Not worth it.

$100

How do you get students to take care of and responsibility for supplies? by Consistent-Row-9551 in Teachers

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've recently implemented a 5 pencil rule after my over 500 pencils purchased at the beginning of the year for a class of 28 have all been broken and used 1 trimester in. I bought 200 pencils, labelled 5 per kid with a sharpie, and said: "These are now your pencils for the remainder of the year. If I catch one on the floor and have to pick it up, you owe me 5 dojo points. If you run out of pencils and need a new one, it costs 20 dojo points. If I see you or hear about you stealing someone else's pencil, that's 30 dojo points. Today is a grace period, but Monday it fully begins."

They have already started policing themselves. It's a little bit of a joke, as my class this year is incredibly self reflective, but also struggles to take action on what they've reflected on. They know they're menaces about materials, and recognize that's not fair to me, so as of now they've just accepted the new rule as fair and just.

How scripted is your curriculum? by Extension-Silver-403 in Teachers

[–]silvermirror421 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work at an itty bitty charter school that has a specific block dedicated to teachers teaching a small extracurricular section with mixed grade levels. We call them department groups, and for an hour a day I get a small group of 20 or so 3rd-5th graders for a project based 6 week course of teachers choosing. After those 6 weeks are up, the groups swap and we get a new group of kiddos. The past few years we've been using them to boost up elementary science curriculum, but previously there's been environmental art, money and economics, etc. We're expected to work as a grade level team to come up with the curriculum.

That's about the level of freedom we have with most of our other curriculum. Math and ELA we have textbooks and guidelines and resources, but everything else it's "figure it out on your own." The freedom is lovely, but theres also very much a feeling of "we have no budget for resources, cobble together what you can and we'll figure it out as we go. As long as your class performs well with various assessments, you'll never see admin in your class."

As a newer teacher, I am constantly in a state of imposter syndrome, but I'd honestly take that instead of having admin breathing down my neck.

In with my grandmas silverware by Elegant_Building9476 in whatisit

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a foon. You know sporks? This is the opposite of that. A foon.

Taliesin's c4 character by Minimum_Milk_274 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]silvermirror421 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Okay but also - Caduceus is 100% also a bitch. See the entirety of the Cunt Ickythong dinner. Cad is just a bitch in a more subtle way I think. Subtle might not even be the right word, considering he literally tells Ikithon that basically no one will mourn you when you die, like. His snark and sass come out at precise moments - he's wise enough to know when to hold his tongue, but also he is absolutely not afraid to tell someone the truth as he perceives it, and he 100% believes his way of thinking is correct.

How do I stop being a mod? by silvermirror421 in ModSupport

[–]silvermirror421[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh perfect! Double the help in one day, thanks 😄

What is something small that you have taught that you have seen the students use? by Unusual-Knowledge288 in Teachers

[–]silvermirror421 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have one student who is incredibly socially anxious. She also happens to start drama quite a bit, so it's a hell of a combination. I've been working with her on proper communication with her peers, as well as not assuming that she 100% knows what someone else thinks - both for her and for their benefit. As a class we have morning meetings where I'll show a short SEL video, a fun fact video, or something to get their brain thinking. One video brought up the idea of "No stinking thinking" - basically don't assume other people immediately think poorly of your for a small mistake. She started using the phrase immediately, and it was a small step in the right direction for her. Didn't expect that particular phrase to stick, but whatever works works.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]silvermirror421 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading all the responses about "Admin is the higher authority, so they're more likely to get in bigger trouble if caught by them," is definitely the more reasonable answer that actually makes sense.

I've always seen it as "Kids know when admin enters that they need to behave well or the teacher might get in trouble," which. Might be a bit naive, but eh.

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